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The idea of returning to school while working full-time is daunting, and for Laura Lee, it wasn’t a choice she initially wanted to make. “Honestly, going back to school wasn’t something I wanted to do. That’s the honest truth,” she admitted. But after a year of working as a nurse at Memorial Health Meadows Hospital, a facility owned by HCA Healthcare, the encouragement of a friend and a colleague changed her mind. She weighed the pros and cons and decided to invest in her future, enrolling in Galen College of Nursing’s online RN to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program.

Asheville Student Pursues Degree, Citizenship while at Galen Dennis Sasati has overcome incredible odds to become a nurse, a journey that has taken him from a small village in Kenya to the graduation stage in Asheville. The 38-year-old recently earned his Associate Degree in Nursing from Galen College of Nursing and is now a registered
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Katie Gamez, a two-time graduate of Galen College of Nursing, was recently honored with a Daisy Award for her exceptional and compassionate care as an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurse at Methodist Hospital Stone Oak in San Antonio, Texas. Having earned her Vocational Nursing (VN) diploma and an Associate Degree in Nursing from Galen, Gamez credits her education with instilling the importance of compassionate care in her career.

As a radiologic technologist, Rebecca Abner earned a good living near her home in southern Kentucky, but she felt unfulfilled. She could see patients’ problems on X-rays, but she couldn’t intervene to help them heal. “It just wasn’t enough,” she said. “I always wanted more.”